Year Two of the Matt Quatraro tenure. Time to take a step up this year. Active in free agency and trades this offseason. A new look pitching rotation and bullpen. Will the young players take the leap up offensively? Bobby Witt extension? New stadium? Will Vinny recover from injury? Salvy taking aim at the Royals record book? Will Cole Ragans turn into the best Royals starting pitcher since Greinke 1.0?
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Seth Lugo, SP
Michael Wacha, SP
Kyle Wright, SP
Hunter Renfroe, OF/DH
Will Smith, RP
Chris Stratton, RP
Nick Anderson, RP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Garrett Hampson, INF/OF
Matt Sauer, RP [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I was at the Omaha Stormchasers vs Columbus Clippers game tonight with my two cats. Take Meowt to The Ballgame promo. Yes you heard that right.
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Haha. I’ve actually been to a Take Meowt to The Ballgame night in Omaha so I know that’s a real thing.
I had to be certain this was indeed a thing.
We saw the most cats ever at Werner Park last night!
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I think they said they had a total of 45 cats in attendance. Disappointed not a one ran onto the field
That’s wild. When we went (2021) we didn’t see a single cat (we just happened to be in Omaha that night so we didn’t purposely go for cat night). But it was Labor Day weekend. Maybe they figured earlier in the year is better for cats somehow? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
That’s wild. When we went (2021) we didn’t see a single cat (we just happened to be in Omaha that night so we didn’t purposely go for cat night). But it was Labor Day weekend. Maybe they figured earlier in the year is better for cats somehow?
I think most everyone who brought cats was in the OF on the grassy knoll so if you had infield seats you probably wouldn't be see any. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm:
Mother****ing Cleveland!!!!
Khaaaaaaaannnnnnn!!!!!!!
The reality is (most likely) we are gonna have to destroy them head to head (which maybe is the way it should be). I mean you’d be hard pressed to find an easier 3 week stretch in modern history than what the Guardians are up “against” lately and upcoming. [Reply]
The royals season appears that it will be defined by how they play the guardians given that no one else in the league seems willing to help us out. So the month of June and nine days of August 26 to September 4 seem critical. [Reply]
Catcher is the hardest position to statisicially quantify the value of a player's contributions.
The stat nerds say the same thing about Yadier Molina even though there's mountains of praise around baseball for his defensive impact. Anybody that followed baseball knows the Cardinals pitching staff had an obvious drop off in performance when prime years Molina was injured.
Even if you read the works of Bill James or listen to Brian Kenny, they make it clear that WAR isn't be all, end all of evaluation. You have to consider all information at hand. Simplifying it to WAR is lazy and not doing the homework. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Ocotillo:
It looks like Bill James took issue with that opinion. LOL
If by "this", you mean "pay any attention to DRS".
— Bill James Online (@billjamesonline) May 26, 2024
Hes probably a framing nerd fan. Framing is so fucking stupid. Egregious framers should even be suspended or fined. I liken it to flopping in bball. [Reply]
